JavicArt

I was born in England in 1965, and due to work opportunities offered to my father I spent most of my childhood growing up on the South Island of New Zealand. When my parents divorced I was 14 and moved to Australia with my mother and only sibling— my brother Lee.

In 1982, the day before my 17th birthday, I joined the Royal Australian Navy and began a career which would span the next 23 years. During those and subsequent years life dished up the trials and challenges most of us have to face, and through the influence of many people, places and experiences I began to discover myself.

I wrote my first poem in 1989 while serving on a Darwin-based patrol boat, simply to vent my frustrations at having to spend so many long nights at sea and it was during this time I discovered my love of art. Throughout later years my interests expanded from writing to digital art and I uncovered a world on computers that allowed me to express myself in a way that up until then, I never knew possible.

It is because of my combined interests that I have since published seven books including three full colour children’s books as well as participating in several art exhibitions. My art is available online and has been presented over the years in many forms. My greatest passion does however, lie with the creation of the digital imagery you see before you and it is being able to create and present what lives in my mind that gives me the greatest pleasure.